Shorrock, William Hugh (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1942-February-01

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Warrant Officer 2

Service Numbers

R/58090
PoW: 24772

Home
Google MapEdmonton, Alberta
Target
Google MapBrest France

Took off from Woolfox Lodge at 18:45 in Manchester Mk I (Sqn code: QR- Bomber Command).

Coned by searchlights, hit by Flak and set on fire.

Exchanged identity witn No.34347 Spr E C Petherick NZEF in POW camp

The crew: Flight Sergeant Stephen Joseph MacLean RCAF Runnymede Memorial Panel 105. Sergeant Geoffrey Herbert Marshall RAF Runnymede Memorial Panel 89. F/Lt Ronald Duncan Fraser RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria Sergeant Albert William Hadley RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf F/Lt William Hugh Hannigan RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria Sergeant Brian Henderson Mullen RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus Flight Sergeant William Hugh Shorrock RCAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug Flight Sergeant Thomas William Walsh RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria.

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Manchester serial: L7472

(RAF Photo)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Avro Manchester Mk. IA.

The Avro 679 Manchester was a British twin-engine medium bomber developed and manufactured in the United Kingdom. While not being built in great numbers, it was the forerunner of the famed and vastly more successful four-engined Avro Lancaster. Avro designed the Manchester to replace its inventory of twin-engine bombers. It first flew on 25 July 1939, and entered squadron service in November 1940, just over twelve months after the outbreak of the war. Operated by both RAF and the RCAF, the Manchester proved to be underpowered and unreliable, and production was terminated in 1941. However, the Manchester was redesigned into a four-engined heavy bomber, the Avro Lancaster, powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.

200 airframes completed as true Manchesters were issued to front line RAF squadron's,. Of these, a total 77 aircraft were lost on operations and an additional 20 were lost in various accidents with those squadrons. An additional 24 aircraft were lost during training flights with non-operational units, such as those being used by Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) Flights. Combined losses therefore, were 121 or 60.50 percent of the original 200 aircraft. From those losses, 33 were directly due to engine failures - 12 with the squadrons, 21 with training units. Another 28 aircraft lost during operations, were thought to have been caused due to engine failure. As the airframes and engines could not be examined, these are listed as "Probably Lost Due To Enemy Action". Harold Skaarup web page

YouTube Manchester

Wikipedia Wikipedia Manchester Bomber

unvetted Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page